Judges 21:8:12Judg.21.8.W12TAB
בָא־אִ֧ישׁ
vaihsh
“a man came”
- Transliteration
- va-IHSH
- Extended
- vaa-IHSH
- IPA
- /vaː.ˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- a man came
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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Word in context
- word
va-IHSH
- phraseyour reading level
LO va-IHSH el-ham-ma-kha-NE
- clause
ve-hin-NE LO va-IHSH el-ham-ma-kha-NE miy-ya-VESH gil-AD el-hak-ka-HAL
- sentence
va-yo-ME-ru MI e-KHAD mish-shiv-TE yis-ra-EL a-SHER lo-A-LA el-ye-ho-VAH ham-mits-PA ve-hin-NE LO va-IHSH el-ham-ma-kha-NE miy-ya-VESH gil-AD el-hak-ka-HAL
Exegesis
A narrative aside begins with ve-hinne lo ba-ish {וְהִנֵּה לֹא־בָא־אִישׁ | wə-hin-nēh lōʾ-bāʾ-ʾîš} ‘and behold, no man came’.
Root and etymology
א־י־ש
“man”
In context — Judges 21:8
And they said, “Who is the one from the tribes of Israel who did not go up to the LORD at Mizpah?” And behold, no man came to the camp from Jabesh Gilead to the assembly .
About this coordinate
Judges 21:8:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Judges 21:8, so the Hebrew word בָא־אִ֧ישׁ (vaihsh) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Judg.21.8.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.8.W12.S1) and character.